Remove HPV stigma
HPV is now one of the most common causes of HNC but because it arises from a sexually transmitted virus, it still causes some embarrassment which the following article dispels beautifully.
We know it is time for positive change when one patient says she feels embarrassed because her cancers were caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), another remarks that it is important that people know her husband has been faithful after his diagnosis of HPV-OPC (oropharyngeal cancer), and a grandmother intimates that she isn’t sure how to tell family about her cancer diagnosis because it was caused by HPV. TO READ MORE, CLICK ON LINK